Machine for pitching barrels



' (non/rosal.) n l 1 l `F. WULLEN 8v C. MAYSBR.

n MAGHINBPOR PITGHING BARRELs. No. 270

Patented Jan. 9, 1883.

Inventors Witnesses ing shown infsection. 5 elevation on an increased scale.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i FREDERICK WULLEN AED CHARLES MAYsER, ou RUEEALo, 'NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR PITCHING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,272, dated January 9, 1883.

i Application filed October 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, FREDERICK WULLEN and CHARLES MAYsER, both of Bniialo, Erie county, New York, have jointly invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements on a Ma chine for Pitching Barrels; and we do hereby declare that the following description of' our said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet ot drawings, forms a full,

able others skilled in the art to which it ap- `pertains to make and use the same. i

This invention has general reference to improvements on machinery for pitching barrels 5 and it consists essentially in a suspending devicefor such barrels, substantially as` hereinafter first fully set forth and described,"and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate our said invention more fu-lly, Figure 1 is a plan of a barrel provided with our improved suspending device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the barrel be- Fig. 3 is a sectional Likeparts are designated by -corresponding letters of reference in all the gures.

The object of our present invention is the production of a cheap, simple, and convenient device for suspending barrels while beingr pitched, especially that class of barrels used for raking, storing, and similar purposes, which said barrels are usually eight or more feet in diameter, and of proportionate lengths. To attain this end our suspending device consists of a three or more armed s pider, com`posed essentially of a central socket, A, having a series of projecting arms, B B B", to which are secured curved suspendingbars (l, as clearly shown in the drawings. To the forwardend of the curved bars C are secured shoes D by means of screws or bolts d, said shoes having va serrated surface, d', to enable them to take a good hold in the chines of the barrel, and thereby to atx said spider lin position.- Into the socket A is fitted a spindle or stem, l, having on one end a head or collar, t','and on the opposite end a sleeve, F, there being a washer,j, and a wedge, J, on said spindleto retain the parts in proper position. The sleeve Fis preferably made angular to receive a bifurcated yoke, Gr, by means of screws g, said clear, and exact speciiicatiou, which will en-v on its upper end, by means ot' which the entire` `apparatus and thebarrel are suspended from any hoisting mechanism (not shown) iu any suitable and convenient manner.

In order to stiften and strengthen the spi-` der-bars C, so as to render them capable of sustaining the weight of the barrel, we provide them with braces E, hung in eyes a on the socket A, and in similar eyes, b, ou the spider arms or bars C.

In operation the barrel is supplied with the necessary quantity of'hot pitch, and then suspended trom any suitable hoisting apparatus in such a manuer'that the spindles I form trunnions and the sleeves F bearings for such barrel, there being a spider on each end of the said barrel. Wfhen thus suspended the said barrel can be readily revolved around its axis, so that the molten pitch can easily spread over the entire inner circumference of said barrel,

it being thereby suitably and properly pitched.l

the barrel is reversed to enable the opposite head to be treated in a like manner, the revolving ofthe barrel being continued until the pitch has thoroughly set.. Y

In orderito adapt this device to barrels of different diameters, the shoes D are adjus'tably secured to the spider-arms C in a manner read; ily comprehended.

It is perfectly obvious that any kind of hoisting mechanism may be employed in connection with our spiders, since the operation of the entirev apparatus does Ilot depend upon some particular mechanism of that class of appa,- rains. We have therefore not illustrated any hoisting apparatus, so as not to confine ourselves to such apparatus.

It will be readily observed that this device may be used as a barrel-lifter, a barrel-washer, &c., without change or modilication, and that it is so simple in its construction as to be capable of being readily produced by any ordi` nary workman.

Havlng thus fully described our invention,

l yoke being provided with a swivel-hook, H,

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we claim as new and desire to secure to us by l Letters Pate-nt of the United /States--- l. As an improved barrel-lifter, a spider having the socket A and arms B,l spider-bars C, with shoes D. spindle I, with sleeve F, and a suspender, G H, substantially in the manner as and for the object specified.

2. In barrel-pitching devices, the means, substantially as described, for suspending and rotating the barrel in both a horizontal and a vertical plane, such means consisting essentially in a set of clamping devices removably affixed one to each end ot' said barrel, said clamping devices having pivotal Suspenders, substantially as stated.

3. A barrel-lifter, substantially as described, adapted for engaging a barrel at the chines, said lifter being siviveled around a central spindle having a sleeve provided with a pivoted yoke, whereby said barrel may be revolved in a horizontal and in avertical plane, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose mentioned. u

4. The combination, with the socket A, having the arms B-B B and the lugs a, ol' the spider-rods C, provided with the lugs b, braces E, and the shoes D, as and for the object described.

5. The combination, with the socket A` having the arms B B B", ofthe spider-rods G, provided vvith the shoes D, spindle I, sleeve F, and yoke G, with hook H, the Whole being constructed and combined for operation, substantially in the manner as and for the -pnrpose stated.l n

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention we have hereto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FR. WULLEN. CHARLES MAYSER.

Attest MroHAEL J. STARK, JOHN C. DUERR. 

